Dalbec was selected at the end of June at the USA baseball Junior Olympics, where he also won the home run derby.

“I’m honored to represent Colorado baseball,” he said.

Mullen freshman Maverick Handley, a catcher/outfielder, is part of the under-14 national development program.

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Recent Highlands Ranch grad Brett Brady is also representing the United States, on the USA Basketball under-18 men’s 3-on-3 national team[3]. That team will play at the FIBA U18 3-on-3 World Championships in Spain from Sept. 27-30.

Tyler Thomas, a 2012 Columbine graduate, caught the eye of Southeast Missouri State this summer and will instead head to the Division I program for college this fall. Thomas, a right-handed pitcher and first baseman, had originally planned to go to Lamar CC.

Warrior 40, the three-day competition for the nation’s top high school lacrosse players, is Aug. 14-15 in Denver. As we’ve reported before, Regis Jesuit’s Brian Wegner, Wheat Ridge’s Peter Aplet and Rock Canyon’s Wilkins Dismuke will all take part.